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Parliamentary Committee selects Justice Yahya Afridi new CJP

Committee’s meeting was held in Islamabad to make consensus on the name of new Chief Justice

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Parliamentary Committee selects Justice Yahya Afridi new CJP
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Islamabad: The Special Parliamentary Committee has nominated Justice Yahya Afridi as the new chief justice of Pakistan.

The meeting of 12-member Special Parliamentary Committee, formed to select the new CJP of Pakistan was held on Tuesday in Islamabad.

However, members from PTI and SIC refused to attend the meeting, saying the process was against the judiciary.

The committee was formed following the 26th amendment and it comprises representatives from both the National Assembly and the Senate. 

It comprises MNAs Khawaja Asif, Ahsan Iqbal, Shaista Pervaiz Malik, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Syed Naveed Qamar, Rana Ansar, Gohar Ali Khan, Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza, and Senators Farooq Hameed Naik, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Syed Ali Zafar and Kamran Murtaza.

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